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Miami Amusement Park Accident Lawyer

801 Brickell Avenue, Suite 900

Miami, Florida 33131

(786) 671-0000

While the rest of the country thinks that the only amusement parks in Florida
are located in Tampa and Orlando, South Florida has its own family fun
areas such as the City of Miami-operated Grapeland, Santa’s Enchanted
Forest, and Uncle Bernies in Fort Lauderdale. But, like their better-known
counterparts to the north, every amusement park has its share of accidents
and injuries.

Causes Of Amusement Park Accidental Injuries

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency
that tracks amusement park injuries in the United States, many injuries
at amusement parks require are “minor” and require not much
more than a visit to a local emergency room or treatment at the park’s
medical clinic. “Serious” injuries are those that require
more than an overnight hospital for either treatment of an injury or for
observation.

The Commission’s observations suggest that most amusement and theme
park injuries can be traced back to three general causes:

Negligence by the park’s ride operators or inadequate safety inspections
of the parks equipment

Park guests with medical conditions such as a previous neck or back injury
or an undiagnosed medical condition such as heart disease

Negligence by the park’s ride operators or inadequate safety inspections
of the parks equipment

The ride operators are aware of the park’s policies regarding who
may be a passenger on each ride, such as a minimum weight or height requirement.
Also, the operators are responsible for making sure that each rider is
properly and safely secured before each ride begins its run.

Although all parks have standard rules that establish safety inspection
timetables, the inspection may have been done by an inexperienced inspector
or may have been only a visual inspection that would not have detected
a problem that was not obvious.

Park guests who violate the park’s safety rules

Amusement park employees will tell you that some guests will intentionally
break park safety rules for no reason except to annoy employees or other
guests. There are also times that a language barrier or literacy issues
will result in an unintentional transgression of the park’s rules.
If this is the case the park’s employees should be alert to the
unintentional violation and guide the visitor back into a safe area.

Park guests with medical conditions

For safety reasons, guests with obvious medical conditions such as casts
or those using crutches are usually not permitted on rides that subject
the rider to sudden changes in direction and speed of the ride. There
are times, however, that a guest with an undiagnosed medical condition
may become ill or injured if the ride subjects them to stresses that are
not usually encountered in their daily lives.

Who Is Responsible For Amusement Park Accidents

In general, any injury that occurs on the property of a park is assumed
to be 1) the result of some breakdown of safety procedures that are already
in use and are proven to be effective for visitor safety or 2) a mechanical
malfunction of some piece of the park’s attractions. These malfunctions
will usually occur on rides or attractions that require some form of safety
devices that protect the visitors from sudden violent motions that are
common on roller coasters and similar attractions.

Even if a visitor’s actions were a deliberate violation of the park’s
safety procedures, if the visitor is injured while on the park’s
premises the visitor is usually able to recover damages.

An Amusement Park Accident Injury Lawyer In The Miami Area

Injuries from amusement park attractions can be quite serious in nature
and moving these cases through the courts requires a great deal of experience
in managing these personal injury claims. In addition to proving liability
for such injuries, there are also issues regarding the question of how
the injured visitor’s own actions may have contributed to the injury
and thus reduces the park’s liability.

If you or a family have been injured in an amusement park accident, you
should contact the amusement park accident attorney at the Doan Law Firm
Miami by calling (786) 671-0000 to discuss the nature and the circumstances
of your injury.

At the Doan law Firm Miami there is never a charge for your first consultation
with our personal injury lawyer and you are never obligated to retain
our firm. Should you desire us to manage your accidental injury case,
we will never ask you for any retainer fee or other costs. Our firm will
take all the financial responsibility necessary for you to win your case
in exchange for an agreed-upon percentage of the final settlement agreement
of your claim.

After an accident, the responsible party's insurance company may try
to reduce the claim amount. Commonly, insurance adjusters are trained
to get information from the
injured to assist in reducing the claim. Though some insurers are less guilty
of this practice than others, it is important to realize that insurance
companies are profit-oriented corporations and reducing claims results
in increased profits for shareholders. This can create a situation for
the injured in which they are offered a settlement that does not truly
reflect the damages suffered. If you accept this settlement, you lose
the ability to get more money should your injuries require further medical
treatments. It is critical that victims get legal assistance in any personal
injury case, and
The Doan Law Firm is prepared to fight relentlessly for your rights.